Closing arguments wrap in historic Jack Kramer rape trial

Jack Kramer acted alone and should be convicted of raping a Calgary woman more than two decades ago, Crown prosecutor Rosalind Greenwood said Tuesday as final arguments wrapped in Kramer's sexual assault trial in Calgary.

Kramer is accused of breaking into a home in the city's southwest in 1995 and raping a woman several times, including once in front of her husband.

Police didn't arrest Kramer, 53, for the 1995 incident until 2014 when his DNA was found on duct tape used to bind the woman's husband. He faces numerous charges including sexual assault with a weapon and forcible confinement in connection with the attack.

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In July 1995, a woman woke up in the middle of the night to find a masked man standing over her and her husband with a knife in their home on the 1300 block of 69th Street S.W.

The accused tied up the husband in another room, then demanded money from the woman before raping her several times.

Last week, Kramer testified in his own defence, telling the judge that he'd met two strangers while partying at Stampede the night of attack.

Kramer told Provincial Court Judge Allan Fradsham that the trio decided to do a break-and-enter together and targeted a home where the accused had once done lawn work.

But Kramer testified that he stood guard outside and one of his new friends entered the home.

He said it was only the next day when he was listening to the news that he learned the woman inside the home had been sexually assaulted.

In his closing arguments, Kramer's lawyer Allan Fay said his client should only be found guiltyof break and enter.

Fradsham will make his decision on Dec. 9.

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